On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 12:43:08PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > When we write new components of the Debian system, we will license them > as free software. > > IIRC, I have brought this up before, and I was dismissed or ignored. I would > like to discuss this again, as it concerns me greatly, especially since text > I have written, which I want to be DFSG free (Debian Weekly News), appears > on the web site under this license. Actually, DWN is a news source and as such you can use whatever you want in DWN provided you credit your sources, but that's beside the point. THe website license isn't quite DFSG free IIRC and I don't think it should be ignored--if I've ignored it, sorry about that. => I'm going to have a look at it tonight after I finish my programming assignment and will post some comments and possible suggestions later on---unless someone beats me to it of course (hint, hint..) I'm very interested in this. I think we really can come up with something that works and does what we want and is still free. Or we could just (L?)GPL the whole thing and call it good. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer GnuPG: 2048g/3F9C2A43 - 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 PGP 2.6: 2048R/50BDA0ED - E8 D6 84 81 E3 A8 BB 77 8E E2 29 96 C9 44 5F BE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We the people of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, in order to form a more perfect operating system, establish quality, insure marketplace diversity, provide for the common needs of computer users, promote security and privacy, overthrow monopolistic forces in the computer software industry, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Debian GNU/Linux System.
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